Un conte de Noël - A Christmas Carol

12/24/2025

Mercredi, 24 dec, 19h30
Relais Mont-Royal
500 ave Mont-Royal est.
Meditation, chants et réveillon.
Gratuit.
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12/16/2025

En fin de Conte!
Bye little show!

12/13/2025

Tirage ce soir. Cadre de Craig Morriss, livre et billets gratuits pour notre prochain spectacle!
Raffle tonight. Framed print. French English novel and tickets for our next show.
$2 x 1 ,$5 x 3

12/12/2025

A Christmas play / Une pièce de théâtre de Noël

12/11/2025

Alastair Sim brought a new understanding to the character of Scrooge in his famous performance of A Christmas Carol. Before his version many actors played Scrooge as a harsh villain with no depth. Sim believed this was incomplete. He argued that Scrooge was not born cruel. He was a man who slowly lost his sense of kindness. This idea shaped the heart of his portrayal.

Sim explained that Scrooge needed to feel real for the story to matter. A monster cannot change. A human being can. By showing traces of fear regret and confusion beneath the anger Sim allowed the audience to see the man behind the cold actions. This made his transformation meaningful. Viewers understood that his journey was emotional rather than forced.

His performance showed that Scrooge pain came from years of isolation. Sim used gentle expressions small reactions and quiet moments to reveal this inner struggle. When the ghosts appeared the audience saw a wounded man facing his own past. The result created sympathy instead of simple judgment. It made the redemption scene powerful and honest.

This interpretation influenced countless versions of the story that followed. Actors and directors began to study Scrooge as a layered character rather than a simple villain. They explored the experiences that shaped him and the fears that controlled him. Sim work helped shift the story from punishment toward understanding. The tale gained emotional depth.

In the end Alastair Sim message remains central to the legacy of A Christmas Carol. He reminded viewers that humanity can be forgotten but also regained. His belief that Scrooge was a man not a monster continues to guide adaptations today. It keeps the story alive as a reminder of compassion memory and the possibility of change.

12/10/2025

Belle assistance dimanche après-midi!
Dernière représentation le samedi 13 décembre 19h30. Contribution suggérée $20, enfants gratuit.

12/10/2025

Quelques mots d'appréciation
""Just fabulous ~
The performance was full of surprises and humour that had us chuckling throughout. Blending French and English dialogue was good - even with my poor French, I was able to follow all that was going on. 🤗

12/09/2025

Among the most celebrated holiday films, the 1951 British version of A Christmas Carol, featuring Alistair Sim as Scrooge, earned warm admiration from contemporary critics. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times praised producer Brian Desmond Hurst for staying true to Dickens’ original tale of Christmas Eve redemption, and for presenting vivid portraits of the familiar characters. He noted that the film doesn’t shy away from the bleakness of Scrooge’s past or the social hardships of 19th-century England—something he felt aligned with Dickens’ intentions rather than distracting from them with artificial sentiment.

The Washington Post’s Richard L. Coe agreed, suggesting that while the film diverged from what audiences of the era might have expected, it likely reflected exactly what Dickens would have wanted—and indeed what he wrote. Harrison’s Reports called the picture “delightful entertainment,” acknowledging its darker passages but celebrating its uplifting conclusion, one that leaves viewers in a genuinely cheerful mood. John McCarten of The New Yorker offered a similarly approving take, concluding that the film contains enough sincere merit to win over all but the most irrepressibly hard-hearted viewers. 🖤

12/09/2025